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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 7, 2013Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 8:21 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2013, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 272 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 7:55 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:55 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 2:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-081900-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
249 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
EARLY EVENING. SLOW MOVING AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO
LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THE MAIN
THREAT AREA WILL BE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     FLOOD            5 E BREVARD             35.24N 82.64W
08/07/2013                   TRANSYLVANIA       NC   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            THE LITTLE RIVER STREAM GAGE NEAR PENROSE HAS REACHED
            FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET.

&&

ARK

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
501 PM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TUXEDO                  35.23N 82.43W
08/07/2013                   HENDERSON          NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SWIFT WATER RESCUE AFTER QUICK RISE IN GREEN RIVER

&&

VISIN

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W ANDERSON            34.52N 82.66W
08/07/2013                   ANDERSON           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MAULDIN ST AND PARK DRIVE NEAR LINLEY PARK UNDERWATER DUE
            TO POOR DRAINAGE

&&

VISIN

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

SCZ002-005-010-072300-
ANDERSON-GREATER PICKENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
613 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...HEAVY RAINS WILL AFFECT EASTERN PICKENS AND NORTHERN ANDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASLEY...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PICKENS...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  POWDERSVILLE...
  EASLEY...

TORRENTIAL RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3473 8276 3498 8271 3493 8252 3488 8249
      3484 8248 3483 8249 3483 8248 3481 8248
      3472 8253 3470 8266

ARK

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:36 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 8:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	3 hr
Aug 8, 3:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Transylvania	22 hr
Aug 8, 10:21 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	12 hr
Aug 8, 2:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	109 min
Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell	2 hr
Aug 8, 5:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	2 hr
Aug 8, 7:24 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	12 hr
Aug 8, 3:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham	112 min
Aug 8, 4:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham	116 min
Aug 8, 6:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham	62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.